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Revision as of 19:30, 7 September 2022

Gunship
Gunship cover
Developers
MicroProse
Publishers
MicroProse
Release dates
DOS 1987
DOS 1988
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer
Controls Direct control
Genres Simulation, Vehicle combat
Vehicles Helicopter
Series Gunship
Gunship on MobyGames
Gunship on Wikipedia
Gunship
Gunship 1987
Gunship 2000 1991
Gunship! 2000

General information

The game was re-released in 1988 to handle faster computers

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Prompts for answers from manual, code wheel, etc.
Requires original floppy in drive (key disk)
DOS

Essential improvements

Game fails to start

If the game fails to start when you run GS.COM, simply dropping you back to the DOS prompt, you should try to run the game using LOADFIX. LOADFIX is included with DOS 5.0 or later, and is also included with DOSBox.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS

Save game data location

System Location
DOS

Video

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes CGA, EGA, Hercules, Tandy, PCjr

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2.0
Processor (CPU) Intel 8088 / 8086
System memory (RAM) 512 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Video card (GPU) CGA

References